At present, the incidence of tumor caused by the change of environment, the increase of survival pressure and people’s unhealthy living habits is getting higher and higher. Many tumor patients often make tumor treatment ineffective because of wrong concepts. So, what are the misconceptions of patients in the treatment of tumor? Misconception 1: Only pay attention to western medicine but not to Chinese medicine “Tumor is a chronic and difficult disease, not a hopeless disease.” First of all, this “traditional” concept is corrected. “Many people think they are sentenced to death when they find tumor, but in fact, it is not.” He explained that when a tumor is found, do not panic, but cooperate with the doctor to do the examination and treatment, so that the tumor can be treated with a combination of Chinese and Western medicine. It is not right for many patients to be treated with radiation and chemotherapy when they know they have tumor. Chinese medicine plays an important role in tumor recovery process and recurrence prevention. Combining radiotherapy and chemotherapy with TCM can significantly reduce the toxicity of radiotherapy and chemotherapy and increase the efficacy of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Secondly, the use of traditional Chinese medicine for patients after surgery can reduce the recurrence and metastasis after surgery In addition, for some advanced tumors, patients who are not suitable for surgery due to weakness and radiotherapy and chemotherapy can control the development of tumors, prolong the survival time of patients and improve the quality of life of patients through the use of traditional Chinese medicine. Misconception 2: Only pay attention to local but not overall “The judgment of modern medicine on tumor depends on the morphology of local tumor to judge the early, middle and late stage of tumor. Chinese medicine is required to look at the overall essence, qi and spirit of the patient.” In TCM, whether a tumor patient can eat and drink and whether he is in a happy mood is very important. As the saying goes, “If you have stomach qi, you will live; if you don’t have stomach qi, you will die”. If a patient can’t eat and his essence and spirit are all depressed, it means that the patient’s kidney yang energy is insufficient and his life is in danger. Many tumor patients can still live with tumor for many years after the tumor has metastasized because they can eat and sleep, and their vitality and energy are good in all aspects. Therefore, the treatment of tumor does not only look at the single organ that is affected, but should be measured in the context of the whole body. “Chinese medicine is about treating the sick person, not just the person’s disease.” . Misconception 3: Emphasis on driving away evil instead of supporting righteousness Many people think that the first thing to do when you have a tumor is to destroy the tumor cells cleanly and completely with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, so as to be safe. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, this is very much against the principle. In the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, there is a saying that “When the righteousness is inside, the evil cannot dry up. The evil will be weak. It is easy to damage one’s own positive energy by focusing only on expelling the evil and not on supporting the positive. Excessive use of radiotherapy and chemotherapy to destroy local tumor cells not only tends to cause damage to the body’s own immunity and resistance, but also tumor metastasis. In Chinese medicine, it is often said that “to cure a disease with great toxicity, six out of ten should be removed”, which means that the more toxic the medicine is, the earlier it should be stopped. In Chinese medicine, it is often said that “the more toxic the medicine is, the sooner it should be stopped. The role of medicine is to correct the body’s pathology by its own bias, so if excessive use of drugs will hurt the body. While using medicine, we should also pay attention to supporting the body’s “righteousness” and strengthening our immunity and resistance. Myth 4: Only pay attention to the physical condition but not the psychological condition “1/3 of tumor patients are scared to death. The psychology of tumor patients has a great role in the treatment of tumor. Doctors sentencing patients to death and death penalty have great devastation to patients’ psychology. Facing tumor patients, we should take care of them psychologically, give them encouragement, tell them that it is not a terminal disease and be psychologically strong. Doctors also should not easily give patients a death sentence. At the same time, tumor patients can participate in tumor science activities to increase the knowledge of tumor prevention and treatment, or actively participate in some group anti-tumor activities, which can also play the role of mutual encouragement and reduce the psychological burden.